harryS
Well-Known Member
Bought the BBS02B last January from pswpower.com. I believe it was $430 USD shipped, Found the Diamondback for $50 that same week. Unlike other Diamondbacks I have from the same time, this one had steel wheels and no provision for disk brakes, I had to swap in alloy wheels and a new fork. When I put these pics up, I realized that one rim is silver and the other black, Damn. Oh well.
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I knew that Bafang had changed things since I bought my first BBS02B in 2016. Did they ever. Found it unrideable by my standards and had to buy the program cable to change the factory settings, That went pretty well, The details are on the web, I even found the cable on amazon for $13,
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Battery is 48V15AH nominal, 14AH actual, Uses LG cells, Attached to the curved frame with four fasteners, Could be worse as far as looks. . I've gone 44 miles and drained it down to 47.4 volts, so I think 60 miles is a guaranteed range,
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Can't say enough about the ability to change settings. I'd ride PAS 1 and it barely gave 75W and that would disappear as I approached 12 mph, Switch to PAS 2 and the same thing happened at 15 mph. I removed the speed limits on the PAS levels and fixed that, I also increased the current in the first 4 levels, so I wouldn't have to start in PAS 1 and rapidly jump to PAS 5.
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The throttle is useless for something like passing unless one goes to PAS 7-9, Can't even go up my driveway in PAS 1 on throttle alone, Probably burn out the motor if it were longer. I believe I need the Nilson firmware to get the throttle to work like it does on my first BBS02B, Not doing that. I want to get this bike out of my garage and to my friend next month, He won't mind these limitations,.
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I knew that Bafang had changed things since I bought my first BBS02B in 2016. Did they ever. Found it unrideable by my standards and had to buy the program cable to change the factory settings, That went pretty well, The details are on the web, I even found the cable on amazon for $13,
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Battery is 48V15AH nominal, 14AH actual, Uses LG cells, Attached to the curved frame with four fasteners, Could be worse as far as looks. . I've gone 44 miles and drained it down to 47.4 volts, so I think 60 miles is a guaranteed range,
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Can't say enough about the ability to change settings. I'd ride PAS 1 and it barely gave 75W and that would disappear as I approached 12 mph, Switch to PAS 2 and the same thing happened at 15 mph. I removed the speed limits on the PAS levels and fixed that, I also increased the current in the first 4 levels, so I wouldn't have to start in PAS 1 and rapidly jump to PAS 5.
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The throttle is useless for something like passing unless one goes to PAS 7-9, Can't even go up my driveway in PAS 1 on throttle alone, Probably burn out the motor if it were longer. I believe I need the Nilson firmware to get the throttle to work like it does on my first BBS02B, Not doing that. I want to get this bike out of my garage and to my friend next month, He won't mind these limitations,.
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![E4240878.JPG E4240878.JPG](https://forums.electricbikereview.com/data/attachments/152/152572-fc1d0195652de1cc889d9a91c5b564eb.jpg)
![E4240842.JPG E4240842.JPG](https://forums.electricbikereview.com/data/attachments/152/152571-5d4865311c96a4d223bd2213a1d9a832.jpg)